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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18

Elizabeth Sellers, Laharpe, Ill.
Miss Lydia Walters, Peoria; nose
jaw and leg.
II. Abraham, Peoria; internally.
William Smith, Peoria; head crushed
Grant Taylor, McComb, H.; inter
John Steer, Rushville, H.; leg.
j. w. StearnS, Green Valley, H.;
Adam shomberg, Peoria; hip, side
S. T. Belsley, Deer Greek, nIs.; head
and ankle.
Patton Coss, Washington. Ills; leg.
J. B. Kelly, Buda, Ills; hip and leg
broken.
Frank Snadecker, Brington, HIS;
head and leg broken.
Daniel Rock, Rosefeld, IIls.; head,
leg and hands.
a. G. Hordan, Danville, Ia; legs.
A. G. Gregg, Danville, Ia; legs.
G. e. Alien, Galesburg, Ills; head.
w. e. Ellis, Peoria, Ills; head.
Minnie Vaughesdale, Peoria, Ills.;
leg broken.
Calvin Davis, Peoria, Ills; arms.
Conductor Stillwell, head, arm and
leg.
9. H. Carter, Jr., Burlington, Ia;
body.
Harold B. Lawrence, Burlington,
Ia; body.
John McMaster, Peoria, Ills; body.
Frank Brown, Peoria, Ills; head.
Mrs. Kellogg, fremont; body;
Mrs. K. j. Wells, Peoria; body;
Mrs. Issac, Whiteside; Ill; body;
Catherine Lot, Peoria; III; body;
Blanche Allen, Peoria; Ill; body;
Mrs. Zimmerman and babe belong
ing to Joe Neal, Peoria.
j. e. Dechman, Peoria, Slightly.
Miss Pearl Adams and Mrs. Kitty
WEIGH, Peoria, ribs broken.
Robt. Zimmerman, Peoria, badly
hurt.
Miss May McVoy, Peoria, badly
hurt.
Mrs. Joseph Neal, Peoria, leg bro
ken.
E. A. Parker, Peoria, seriously hurt.
Robert Wallison and Mrs. /. Grant,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18
SECTION FoREMAN's TESTIMONY.

CHATsWORTH, nls., Aug. Eat
the morning session of the Coroner's
Jury some decidedly significant testi-
mony was given. Timothy CoughIin,
section foreman here, testified that he
had four men helping him on his six
and one-half miles. He received or
ders on Wednesday to go over his sec
ton and see that the bridges aud track
east end of the section and burned
grass along the track for half q mile
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-08-18


A new theory has been developed. It
is in affect that at the inquest an at
tempt will be made to prove that there
was a fire at that bridge on the after
noon of the accident. Mr.. DOelph lives
northwest of the wreck, while his house
| is about one-quarter OF a mile from the
wreck, and his land comes right up to
the bridge. What will be attempted to
prove by him is, that during the after
noon he saw smoke rising in the direc-
| ton of the bridge, and knowing how
| dry it was and fearful lest his oat stub
bIes and stacks should be burned, he
went to the place and found fire around
| the bridge.
ENDEAvoRING TO LOCATE THE
| BLAME.
The Railroad Commissioners were at
the scene of disaster to-day, and will
| eudeayor to locate the exact cause of
/ the occurrence. The task is no easy
| one. but officers of the state by virtue
| of an act passed at the last session of
the Legislature, are clothed with full
authority to investigate all persons
and papers and report. They laid
the foundation of an examination to-
day, and viii resume operations in
Peoria on Tuesday next. 1t Is bound
to make a great big law suit, one that
viii furnish new precedentS and rulings
on the law of Common Carriers. The
Coroner's Jury is still pegging away.
There are some scores of witnesses yet
. desiring to be examined, and the rail-
road board will make an investigation
on its own account. The matter viii
. probably not be adjusted for ten years
To come. All manner of speculation
! is heard here as to the number Of
dead. The Coroner says he can ac
count for seyenty-seven bodies and be
Iieyes there are no more in the wreck
The latter branch of the statement i
t unquestionably true, but the lates
s and more reliable advises swell tn
+ number of fatalities TO over eighty
j. The railroad people have agents a
e work collecting Information as 70 tn
x number and residences of the dead an
r wounded. Many were taken ava
G. from ChatsWorth and Piper City earl
K yesterday morning. before the exteI
le Of their injuries was made know
ID Some of these have, it is said, died t.
es day, The railroad people say thi
5a.z.z 7.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
PROCLAMATION
To the Subordinate and County ALI
ances of North Corolina.

BY virtue of authority vested in me a. Nal,o %s.
Organizer, by c. w. Macune. President OF lhe H%
tiOnal Alliance and COOPERATIVE Union u an Do
/, N. H. G. Elliott, do hereby issue TINS: u! g he
lamation, notifying the members ana O1nceir S,atc
Farmers Alliance in North Carolina, una ~ Iii, or
Alliance of North Carolina was duly ana ieIan; ar.
ganized according TO the requirements Oh nm Of
%stitution of the National Alliance, at me fonrth
Rockingham, county or Richmond vi u"
day of October, 1887. Cubor-
This is therefore to notify the County u; ort of
dinate Alliances of the State that. by Tue esi nrcroga-
organization all The powers, privileges nv ttriance
tives properly belonging to the SAID SlatG amiancc
under the Constitution OF the NalionaL nntifed
were fully conferred. and they are heIeDsd nafcers
at the said organization the following nai ne second
were duly elected for the term ending t no Of
Tuesday, in August. 1898: S. Il. AieHafuRR, obe-
Mecklenburg, President Thadeus lTeyi" Secre-
son, Vice-President l.. L. Polk, OF van George
tary j. ID. Allen, of Wake. Ireas"f1 Of
Wilcox, of Moore. Lecturer d.: u; MJia,ds Of
Richmond. Asst. Lecturer; Rev. Ed. Eu"o%f Cnm-
Cumberland. Chaplain ". II. ToIninsDn, conner.
berland, Door Keeper Il. 7: Rnsn; u Sergpant-
Asst. Door Keeper j. =. Holt. OF HarIea., accord
alarms who will be obeyed and respec'eu
ingly. .s, will here
All forms. blanks, charters and oulnir he state
after be issued by L. l.. Polk, Sec[e'ars
Alliance. whose Office is at Raleigh, y. ,h;s state
All commissions issued TO organlZars II. and now
by authority of the N. F. A. d. C. u:ol "a n the 18th
held by them, will expire by limitatloH al al commits
day of the present month October anu nv nv the au-
sions issne5 thereafter must be issued D! ~"
thority of the State Alliance OF NJ; ,ircham, y.
Done under my hand and seal at ooN"
C.. this. the 5th day Of October. lSS'. o,t V 7. \.
By authority of c. w. Macune, Presu'N
s. c. W. of A. National Organizer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
COMPELLED TO SELF wuv,

A M~ecklenburg correspondent Of
the Charlotte Chronicle says:
Many of our farmers exnros.
themselves as not being satisfied 10
sell at present prices, but as a genera
rule the average farmer is compeIled
to sell regardless of pricess."
Precisely so. They know the price
is too low that at s - cents nor
pound the average farmer loses
money that he does not get the cost
of its production, yet las a genera,
rule the average farmer is compelIod
to sell regardless of prices" Well
there is n way to get relief from
this humiliating and servile condition
and only one, and that is for the
farmer to raise his own supplies and
thus pave the way to rid himself Of
the grinding mortgage. and then
organize and control the sale of his
cotton. They can do it and thew
must do it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
SHAME UPON US.

We can grow successfully within
the borders 0/our highly favored
State, corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye,
buckwheat. rice, \cotton, hemp, flax,
jute, silk, tobacco, peanuts, sorghum
cane, broom corn, millet lucorne,
clover, orchard, timothy and herds
grass, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes,
hops, peas, melons. strawberries, cram
berries, apples, peaches, grapes, plums,
cherries, &c, &c, and yet we find
people combining their labor and caro-
to the production Of single crops to
the exclusion of all others. And
these crops frequently cost more to
produce them than the price for which
they are sold. And the worst feature
Of this suicidal and ruinous policy is,
that the producer has no more control
over the price than a child. How
helplessts How poor! How depend
ent and servile we must be so long as
this mad course is pursued.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13

defeated. Who did it? Let the
records answer, and they will answer
in due time. All the great and i'm
portant business interests of the people
of the State are surrendered to the
mercy Of one man, according to the
Observer, and that too, against the will
of officers to whom we should look for
relief, but who r powerless.
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER has no
prejudice against railroads it recog-
nizes their great value to the people
and to the commerce of the world,
but when they reach the point when
they are to be run according to the
will of one man, and he a O resi-
dent, against the interests of our peo-
pie, and in utter disregard of the
views of it's own officers located in our
midst, it is high time for the political,
religious and agricultural papers of
the State to speak out, and openly and
boldly declare in favor of State Rail-
road Commission. The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER knows who pays the fiddler
in this dance. 1t knows that the
buyer and the consumer bears the
weight Of all this system Of discrimina-
ton and plumber. 1t knows that the
farmers of North Carolina are stand
ing, or rather, staggering under these
accumulating wrongs, and it will be
heard in their defence. 1t is needless
to disguise the fact that in the cleo
tions next year in this State, the ques-
ton Of barring q Railroad Commission
for our State wiU be brought to the front.
1t cannot longer be suppressed. The
people will demand it and that demand
will be in such shape that it will not
be ignored. Twenty-six States have
a Commission, and North Carolina
will be added to the list in 1889.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, OCTOBER 10, 1887.

of Andrew jackson is a matter of dis
pute, though the testimony collected
with very great care and at great
trouble by Col. S. H. WaKup, of
Union county, about the year 1859
and published in the National INTEL
Hgencer, satisfied us that he was born
in North Carolina. Who of our
friends in Mecklenburg will give us
the facts touching the birth place of
James K. Polk, and of its present
ownership, condition, &C.? M
Give us textbooks that will learn
our children something of our people
and State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
THE FARMERS ORGAN.

We are proud of the position which
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER holds in the
confidence and esteem of the farmers
of North Carolina, and of the respect
it has won among all classes OF our
people, and with it's contemporaries of
the State press. 1t has not gained
this position by cringihgIor hattering.
It has been bold in the expression of
it's views. It has concealed nothing.
1t has been independent of cliques, or
combinations. 1t has tried honestly
and faithfully to serve the interests
whose cause it espoused. It's purpose
and it's devotion has known no vari-
ance cor shadow of turning.' 1t has
stood in the past las it will in the
f%uture) f~earlessly and faithfully for
the best interests of those whom it
represents. Before it was yet a year
old, it was unanimously adopted as
the organ OF The North CarOllna
Farmers Association, and too, by a
convention of nearly four hundred as
solid substantial, and patriotic men as
ever assembled in our State. And it
was unanimously adopted by the State
Alliance as it's organ at it's recent
meeting-a body representing about
one hundred and twenty Alliances
and a membership Of at least four
thousand. Its highest aim is to prove
itself worthy of these fattering mani
festations of confidence by devoting
it's best effort to promote and protect
the interests of our people.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
INSTITUTE.

The Fair this year promises to be a
grand success. Everything is being
done that can be\to interest and in
struct each and evAT one who comes.
There will be a grand display at the
Fair grounds of the finest varieties
Of all kinds of grain and fruits.
The Institute will be held especially
for the benefit of the farmers, and
every one who comes to the Fair
should not fail to hear what some
Of the most experienced farmers
have to say on some very important
subjects. The following topics and
speakers have been selected for the
Farmers Institute, commencing on
Wednesday of Fair week
lst, "Tenant SYSTEM" Prof. J. D.
Hodges I'd, "Diversifed Crops,'
Col. Elias Carr; Sd, "Trucking in
North Carolina" George Allen 4th,
"The Silo and Ensilage," DR.. r. H.
Lewis 5th, "The Profits of the Cow"
DR.. d. w. G.. Benbow 9Th, manu-
featuring and Small Industries"
Henry E. Fries; It'll, Grass and
Clover DR.. Jas Bird Sth, 1.-The
Bright Tobacco of North Carolina"
Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn 9th, 1.-The
Grape, it's Care and Profits,' S. Ohio
Wilson 10th. "Home-Made Ma
nures," DR.. II. B. Battle 18th, 1.-The
Possibilities of an Acre. Milton
Whitney 18th, THE Farmer Should
be Educated" Hon. Kemp P. Battle !;
18th, Immigration" Matt. Atkinson;
l4th, "Should Farmers Organize" S..
B. Alexander 18th, Wheat Rails
ing" John Dorset ; 10th, 1.-The Horse
we Need" W. P. Bachelor; 18th,
"Our Agricultural College," W. S.
Primrose ; 18th, "Fruit Growing J..
Van Lindley 4; 10th, "Impediments to
Southern Farming" T. B. Lindley !;
Goth, "Plowingn Capt. D. M. Payne !;
2lst, agricultural Fairs" Hon. T.
NJ. Holt 22d, Restoration of Run
Down. Lands, Col. c.. M. Mcdonald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
>A>A>
JUST IMAGINE!

Here is a specimen of the cotton re
ports that are sent out from the head
quarters of cotton gamblers in New
York every day, and by which the
spectators and gamblers all over the
country are kept posted
GREENE's COTTON REPORT.
New YORK, Oct. 4.-Greene & Co.'S
report on cotton futures says "With
good demand for spots at the South
and moderate offerings of futures here
local shorts bought with considerable
freedom at hardening rates. Shorts
were somewhat stimulated to cover by
anticipation of a poor bureau report
due next Monday. Liverpool was
somewhat better on reduced and frac-
tionally dearer offering from the
South. The close was firm in absence
of sellers while buyers wants also ap-
peared rather satisfied.
Just imagine; a plain, unsophisti-
Gated farmer reading the above some
calm evening to his family 'Spots'
-"local horts"-"hardening rates"
-"shorts stimulated to cover'-"a
poor bureau report Liverpool
better OF f%ractionally dearer offer
ings"-"the close frm"-"f futures"
&C., &c. 1t is, all Dutch or Greek to
him and he will never know it's mean
ing until he finds it's Interpretation in
the market price of his cotton, and
that price, often, below the cost of it's
production. But the farmers are be
ginning to open their eyes, and the
day is not distant when the thunder
ings of their united voice will be heard
in u Legislative and Congressional
halls, against thus huge gambling
scheme. They are going to stop it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
WAKE COUNTY HORT1CULTU-
RAJ SOCIETY.

A meeting of this Society was held
at the Marlboro House on the 5th inst.
This is the first regular business meet
ing held since the grape show and
the premiums awarded at that time
were ordered paid.
An election of officers was held for
the ensuing year. 1t. resulted as fol
lows: Col. J. NJ. Heck, President +; B.
F. Montague, Vice-President !; W. r.
Womble, Secretary Jesse A. Jones,
Treasurer Capt. B. P. Williamson,
Geeo. Shellum and w. H. Cole, Elk
ecutive Committee.
The Association contemplates max
ing the grandest grape exhibit in 1888
that has ever been seen in this county.
1t will be worth a trip across the Con-
tinent to see it. We suggest to the
management that the State Alliance
will meet in this city on the I'd Tues
day in August next and the city will
be full Of representative farmers from
all sections of our State. And the
Inter-States Farmers Association will
also meet in this city on the Sd We'd
nesday in next August, and we have
reason to expect large delegations
from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and
all the Southern States. Indeed a
prominent Texan said to us a few
days ago.: "Your city will have to
spread out to entertain that conven-
ton, for they are coming by hundreds
from all over the South. Texas will
be here in full force" Let us have
IN eye to these important meetings
and show them that North Carolina is
the Burgundy of America. What
say you, gentlemen?
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
THE BOYCOTT A
One Way to Settle It.

The business men of Raleigh con
ceived that they we're treated unjustly
In the matter of discriminating rates
In freights on the Seaboard Line.
They held a meeting and protested.
They got no relief, They changed
their freight ~business\to the R. &. D.
R. R. The General Traffic Manager,
Nh. Sol Haas, was consulted. "He
plainly intimates that no concession
whatever will be made" So says the
News md Observer. 1t further says {:
1.-The officials of the Seaboard con
nections have ever been uniformly
liberal in their terms to Raleigh, and
from conversations by a reporter with
Maj. Winter, of the R. & G.. Road, it
is plain that he is in favor of giving
car load rates to the business men,
and if it were optional with him, he
would do so at once. The past course
of President Robinson, of the Sea-
board Road, is also evidence that he
would cordially agree to the same !;
but for mutual protection the rail-
roads of Virginia and the Carolinas
have associated themselves under a
code of equalizing rules by which each
line practically abdicates it's right to
make its own freight rates."
"Abdicates its right to make it's
own freight rates" To whom? Why
to Mr.. Sol Haas-one man And his
dactum is supreme law Here is the
situation in North Carolina We
have a railroad system running
through u State, properly differed.
It's President, the Observer says, is dis
posed to correct the grievance the
Superintendent, Maj Winder, a North
Carolina officer, located in Raleigh,
presumably to look after the interests
of our people, and whom the Observer
says is plainly "in favor of giving car
load rates to the business men if it
were optional with him he would do
SO at once" Who then are President
Robinson and Superintendent Winder?
What arc their official functions !?
What are their prerogatives :? Are
they figure heads. p A large num-
Der of the business men Of the State,
together with large numbers of the
hberty-loving farmers of the State
led by the combined business men of
Wilmington, came to Raleigh last
winter to secure the establishment of
a Railroad Commission. They were
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS.

North Carolina had six Governors
under the Crown. It had twenty
seven under the Constitution, begin
ming with Richard Caswell in 1875,
and who were elected by our General
Assembly. OF these, Caswell, Alex
der Martin and BENJAMIN Williams
were elected for two terms. The
Convention of 1885 transferred the
election of Governor from the Legis-
lature to the people, and since that
time we have had fifteen, who were
regularly elected by the popular vote,
and five who Were ex-oficio Governors,
and one Provisional Governor, ap-
pointed by the President. Governor
Vance is the only one of the forty-two,
regularly elected by the Assembly
and people, who was elected for three
terms. But one, Richard Dobbs
Spaight, ST., had a son to attain to this
distinguished position. Five of the
counties, Craven, Guilford. Halifax,
Warren and Buncombe, furnished
occupants Of the Governors chair,
each, three terms, and eight counties,
Lemon, Chowan, New Hanover,
Moore, M~ecklenburg, Orange, Wake
and Rockingham, for two terms each.
Now where is the boy or girl in our
State who can furnish us the names
of all these Governors the year in
which each was elected, AMI the
counties of which each was a resident?
And yet there should be school his
tories in every house in the State Civ
ing such information Who will
furnish this greatly needed work for
our schools North Carolina has
furnished to other States fifteen Gov
errors. three Presidents, two Vice
Presidents, fourteen United States
Senators and forty-one members Of
lower House of Congress. John K.
Steele, who became Governor of New
Hampshire in 1874, was born in Sails
bury in 1892, and it is said that he
was a shoe maker, and when he left
his native town, he started on foot,
carving on his shoulder. a BAG con-
tanning some cobblers' tools. Andrew
johnson was born in the city of Raj
eigh and was raised on a %tailor's bench.
He went to Tennessee, was subse-
quently a member of the Legislature
of that State, a member Of both houses
of Congress, Governorto of the State,
Nice-President of the United States,
and finally President. The birthplace
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13

There are now labor bureaus IN
twenty States. The first one was eS,
tablished in Massachusetts in 1867
Five have been established this year
year; in Colorado, Maine, Minnesota
North Carolina and Rhode Island
.SDuM West.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13

The Progressive Farmer is the
Official Organ of the N. G. Farmers
Association and N. C.. State Farmers
Alliance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13
FORMULAS FOR WHEAT COM.
POST.

From a report of DR.. H. B. Battle,
in the last issue Of the Bulletin, we Gin
the following formulas of composts for
wheat
3. For a compost, mix in layers,
dissolying the sulphate Of ammonia
and muriate of potash in water. and
sprinkling it over each layer:
Acid phosphate, 1000 lbs.
Sulphate Of ammonia 100
Ndriate of potash 100
Stable manure 800 "
1000 lbs.
Use one-fourth or one-half of the
above on n acre.
Where cotton seed or tobacco stems
(ground), or dust are to be had, they
may take the place of a part, or the
whole, of the stable manure Then
wet enough to thoroughly kill the
seed. This only takes more time.
4. The following is recommended
Acid phosphate 600 lbs.
Muriate Of potash 100 "
Sulphate of ammonia 100
Dry muck, or other rich earth GOO
1000 lbs.
For wheat and rye or oats, it may
be narrowed in with the grain at the
rate of 800 or 400 lbs. to the acre.
5. Using cotton seed meal:
Acid phosphate 600 lbs.
Cotton seed meal 700 "
Stable manure 600 I"
Muriate of potash 100 "
1000 lbs.
1t is a hard matter to advise as to
the proper quantity of each composite
be used to the acre. The farmer
knows his own capabilities and re.
sources and should therefore be his
own judge he best knows how much
money he can afford to spend in ma
nures for application to the soil. Inc
formulas given are all in the right
proportion, and the general rule VIII
hold for each, as indeed, in all tertlIl-
zation of land in this way
The larger the quantity Of compass
applied to the acre. the greater w'H be me
crap yield.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-10-13

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